In Search of a Spiritual Home
Lawrence A. HoffmanFrom Reform Judaism, Fall 1994Reprinted with permission.read more
View ArticleFrom Ethnic to Spiritual: A Tale of Four Generations
by Dr. Lawrence A. Hoffman From the Synagogue 2000 Library Our long-term goal is the spiritualization of the North American synagogue. Whatever kind of congregation we attend, whatever our movement or...
View ArticleGeneration One: The Founders
It helps to have some dates in mind, but dates are arbitrary. Dating by decades is at least convenient, however, starting with our own and looking backward. Also helpful is the Bible's generational...
View ArticleGeneration Two: Preserving Peoplehood
What the German founders never did appreciate was the positive pull of peoplehood on the Jewish psyche. How could they? When they arrived here, their claim to belonging was precisely the fact that they...
View ArticleGeneration Three: Suburbs and Survival
By 1950, American Jews had settled down into two competing visions of what Judaism ought to be. Intermarriage between Germans and Russians veiled the divide to some extent, as did the very vastness of...
View ArticleGeneration Four: Spirituality Seekers
The search for spirituality transcends the empowerment of women and Jews by choice, of course. It is inextricably linked to larger demographic changes that began to be felt in the 1960s when the first...
View ArticleHow to Be a Truly Spiritual Jew*
(*and avoid the pitfalls of quick-fix religious consumerism)by Jeffrey K. SalkinFrom Reform Judaism, Fall 1995Reprinted with Permission.Everywhere you go in the Reform movement, the word on people's...
View ArticleAnticipating Revelation, Counting Our Way Through the Desert: An Omer...
This calendar has a simple purpose: to provide you with a spiritual context in which to count the Omer. In doing so, it will guide you on your own travels through the desert. It provides each of us,...
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How Spiritual Are America’s Jews?
The first-ever comparative national study of spirituality among American Jews and Christians demonstrates that young Jews are more spiritually inclined on every available measure than their elders. The...
View ArticleNurturing the Spiritual Lives of Our Children
According to the March 2009 report, How Spiritual Are America’s Jew?, spirituality is one of the gateways into meaningful Jewish life, a gateway that the Jewish community has neglected. The authors of...
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